Elevated plasma homocysteine levels and risk of silent brain infarction in elderly people

Stroke

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1116-1119

  Matsui, Toshifumi ^a   Arai, Hiroyuki ^a   Yuzuriha, Takefumi ^b   Yao, Hiroshi ^b,c   Miura, Masakazu ^d   Hashimoto, Setsuko ^d   Higuchi, Susumu ^e   Matsushita, Sachio ^e   Morikawa, Masatoshi ^a   Kato, Atsushi ^f   Sasaki, Hidetada ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Hizen National Hospital   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d LSI MEDIENCE CORPORATION   (Japan)

^e KURIHAMA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f SENDAI CITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Homocyst(e)ine; Lacunar infarction; Magnetic resonance imaging; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); ALCOHOL; HOMOCYSTEINE; VITAMIN;

AGE; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0034840099     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.32.5.1116     Document Type: Article

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